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CPT EIT LWI. |1>. |3>. |2>. CPT. Population Trapping. Suppose. then. solving Schrodinger Equation. What if we’re sneaky and choose Such that c 1 (t)=0. Then we are trapped in the two lower states. CPT. Dark States. In fact. So. Is an eigenstate of the interaction Hamiltonian.
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CPT EIT LWI
|1> |3> |2>
CPT Population Trapping Suppose then solving Schrodinger Equation What if we’re sneaky and choose Such that c1(t)=0. Then we are trapped in the two lower states.
CPT Dark States In fact So Is an eigenstate of the interaction Hamiltonian
CPT Coherent Population Incoherent mixture density matrix at t=0 Dark State density matrix at t=0 Trapped in dark state Rabi Oscillations
EIT |1> strong weak |3> |2>
EIT Im[n] Re[n]-1
EIT quant-ph/0204173
LWI We can completely eliminate absorption, can we do better? The idea: Pump atoms into dark state, then emission from |1> can exceed absorption from ground states. |1> |3> |2>
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